How Can the Law Offices of Anidjar & Levine Help You?

Truck accidents come with different considerations than typical car accidents. For one, several parties may be liable. This is because semi-trucks are sometimes owned and insured by a different company than the trailer they are hauling.

Secondly, trucks conducting interstate business are highly regulated. This means trucks must adhere to strict maintenance schedules and drivers must earn special licenses, endorsements, and training.

We take into account the abovementioned considerations, among others, when reviewing your truck accident case.

When you call the Law Offices of Anidjar & Levine, our team may be able to help by:

Establishing Liability

Several parties may be to blame for your truck accident. In some cases, it may rest on the truck driver. In many cases, the responsible party can be the trucking company, maintenance company, or any number of other entities. Our team can evaluate the details of the truck accident to establish who is at fault.

Fact-finding

The legal team at the Law Offices of Anidjar & Levine can request evidence on your behalf. For example, we can seek truck maintenance logs and ask for post-accident drug testing records for the truck driver involved.

Sending a Spoliation Letter

The trucking company owns much of the evidence that may help prove the driver’s or the company’s liability in your truck accident lawsuit. Your attorney may send a spoliation letter to the truck carrier to preserve evidence.

Helping to Schedule Appointments

We understand the difficulty of getting through an accident and can help schedule appointments as they pertain to your truck accident case.

Estimating Your Compensation

Using your bills for hospital visits, prescriptions, and seeing specialists, our team can calculate the damages you have incurred. We will also examine your lost wages and loss of earning capacity, pain and suffering, and other damages to calculate the value of your case so we can pursue fair compensation.

Above all, the Law Offices of Anidjar & Levine can stand by you and represent your best interests. In some cases, the defense will claim you are at least partially responsible for the accident and look to reduce your recoverable compensation under Florida’s comparative negligence laws. We can explore counterarguments to allegations that you contributed to the crash to fight back when the truck carrier or an insurer tries to reduce your settlement or judgment.

What to Do After an Accident with a Large Truck in Palm Bay, FL

An accident with a truck may leave you shocked and in pain long after you have left the scene. Gather yourself and take the following steps.

Seek Medical Attention

If an ambulance came to the scene of the truck accident, follow up with your personal medical doctor. Visit specialists and physical therapists as recommended and adhere to your doctor’s orders while taking medications as prescribed.

Call the Law Offices of Anidjar & Levine

Your personal injury attorney may need to preserve evidence that can be crucial to your case. There may be little time to acquire that evidence before a truck carrier destroys or tampers with it.

Retrieve the Official Accident Report

Our team can help obtain the official accident report to build your case. The accident report contains information about the accident that may help prove fault and liability.

Bring Evidence to Your Lawyer

If you were able to take pictures or video of the accident scene, or collect witness information, bring it to your lawyer.

Document Your Activities

Keep your bills and receipts and record time you miss from work and lost wages due to the accident. Note all of the medications, dosages, therapy sessions attended, and miles logged as they pertain to the accident.

If you were in an accident with a large truck, do not wait to seek help. Call 1-800-747-3733 today for a free consultation with a truck accident lawyer in Palm Bay.

Many factors can lead to serious truck accidents. Below are some common causes of large truck accidents:

Violation of Trucking Regulations

Violated truck regulations can include improperly loaded trucks, failure to adhere to a maintenance schedule, or driving while impaired.

Negligence

Negligence may fall on a truck driver, the maintenance company, or truck or tire manufacturer.

Exhaustion

The pressure to maintain deadlines may make a truck driver less inclined to stop and rest. Driving while exhausted and violating the FMCSA hours of service rules may lead to reduced reaction time or falling asleep at the wheel.

Inexperience

Some large truck drivers may lack the proper experience and safety training needed to navigate the roads and highways.

Traffic Violations

Violating the rules of the road such as by speeding or aggressive driving can lead to a serious truck accident. The police report may shed light on how the accident occurred, but we may work with accident reconstruction experts and gather other evidence to establish the truck driver caused the wreck.

Call Anidjar & Levine for Help from a Truck Accident Lawyer in Palm Bay

Living through an accident with a large truck or losing a loved one in a truck accident can be devastating. Sustaining physical injuries, extensive property damages, or losing someone may be the beginning of your suffering. Consult the Law Offices of Anidjar & Levine to see how we may be able to help make you whole.